tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1879586514580437937..comments2024-03-28T11:58:31.928+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The fundamental purpose of creation - the great insight of William ArkleBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33728781115325659472017-02-10T21:50:43.300+00:002017-02-10T21:50:43.300+00:00Excellent quote, thanks.Excellent quote, thanks.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32696191715834564982017-02-10T21:35:42.439+00:002017-02-10T21:35:42.439+00:00This reminded me of something the late BYU philoso...This reminded me of something the late BYU philosophy professor Truman Madsen said to a group of Jesuits contrasting LDS theology and Catholic creedal theology. Jesuits: "God's very nature forbids that He should have peers."<br />Prof. Madsen: "Interesting. Our understanding is that God's very nature requires that He should have peers."<br /><br />Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863118797568010809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-21107511754047776492017-02-10T13:20:50.224+00:002017-02-10T13:20:50.224+00:00"May we have the strength to accept the condi..."May we have the strength to accept the conditions; painful and difficult conditions at times, no doubt, but for our own good and through the wisdom of our heavenly father."<br /><br />Amen!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-2238102898960659192017-02-10T13:14:34.773+00:002017-02-10T13:14:34.773+00:00I have to agree. Finding out about William Arkle a...I have to agree. Finding out about William Arkle and his letters and wise insights constitutes perhaps on of the single most joyful things I have every learned about spiritually. It rings true at a deep and difficult to articulate level. I find it hard to understand why others do not find it equally enchanting or have no interest to even examine his ideas or even any spiritual ideas at all. It is a strangely isolating experience to seek to share joy and say "look, here is something truely wonderful? Please come and see it for yourself ao that you might share it with me!" And then, only blank looks or immediate dismissal or not even enough sustained and deliberate attention is given before the attention of another is lost all together. I can only assume most people are not ready or simply do not want any spiritual good news.<br /><br />Anyway I have you to thank for sharing William Arkle with me and for that I am eternally grateful. But then, when we are really in our own ways, things will find us. That is God's will it seems. I pray that the whole world will awaken to the great gift being offered. May we have the strength to accept the conditions; painful and difficult conditions at times, no doubt, but for our own good and through the wisdom of our heavenly father.David Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099160562774064281noreply@blogger.com